Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 416-026 Date: Saturday, March 3, 1973 at 5:30 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President) Recording device: Old Executive Office Building Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/416-026 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:00] It ended shortly during March, I think, at 5.30. [0:17] It was no cold. [0:18] It was a very long party. [0:21] It was a quarter of a day. [0:22] It was quite a night. [0:23] I think it was around 3.30. [0:24] That's when I felt, of course, that it was hard for that. [0:27] I tried to make sure that we were not being blackmailed. [0:28] We were doing great. [0:29] We were doing okay back then. [0:30] That message to other parts of the world would be, if I had to give it to someone with a hard life, it would be better to take it back. [0:56] They know that very, very well. [0:57] It's just that the facts are very true. [0:58] Thank you. [0:58] Thank you. [0:58] Thank you. [0:58] Thank you. [0:59] Thank you. [0:59] Thank you. [0:59] Thank you. [0:59] Thank you. [1:52] We were never adequately dictated to the GOP. [2:06] And, uh, about five months prior to the end of 2017, there were a lot of people, a lot of very good people, and a lot of hard work for, for, uh, vision, for visions. [2:15] Five, ten years, you know, it's just been a lot of hard work for the GOP, and it's been a lot of hard work for the GOP. [2:18] And I learned a lot from all of them. [2:19] I'm very happy about that. [2:21] Thank you. [2:21] Thank you. [2:22] Thank you. [2:50] um